Mobile Phone

About Mobile

 A mobile phone is a wireless handheld device that allows users to make and receive calls.
While the earliest generation of mobile phones could only make and receive calls, today's
mobile phones do a lot more, accommodating web browsers, games, cameras, video
players and navigational systems.
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Generation
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LAUNCHED BY NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE IN 1979, 1G WAS

FIRST INTRODUCED TO THE CITIZENS OF TOKYO. BY 1984, THE FIRST
GENERATIONAL NETWORK COVERED ALL OF JAPAN, MAKING IT THE
FIRST COUNTRY TO HAVE 1G SERVICE NATIONWIDE. IT WASN'T UNTIL
MARCH 6, 1983, THAT AMERITECH INTRODUCED 1G TO THE UNITED STATES
2G
SECOND GENERATION (2G) MOBILE PHONES SWITCHED FROM ANALOG
SYSTEM OF 1G TO DIGITAL SYSTEM. IT WAS COMMERCIALLY LAUNCHED
IN 1991 AS GSM STANDARD IN FINLAND. AS WITH 1G PHONES, 2G PHONES
DIDN'T HAVE ANY WORLDWIDE STANDARDIZATIONS. 2G SYSTEMS WERE
ALSO KNOWN AS PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES (PCM).
 3G

3G IS THE THIRD GENERATION OF WIRELESS MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY. IT IS THE UPGRADE

OVER 2G, 2.5G, GPRS AND 2.75G ENHANCED DATA RATES FOR GSM EVOLUTION NETWORKS, OFFERING FASTER
DATA TRANSFER, AND BETTER VOICE QUALITY. THIS NETWORK WAS SUPERSEDED BY 4G, AND LATER ON BY 5G.
 4G

WITH 4G DOWNLOAD SPEEDS, WIRELESS USERS CAN STREAM HIGH-DEFINITION VIDEO AND AUDIO. 4G ALSO
ENABLES WIRELESS BROADBAND, WHICH PROVIDES A WAY FOR USERS TO GET INTERNET CONNECTIVITY
WITHOUT THE NEED FOR A FIXED, WIRED CONNECTION FROM AN INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER (ISP).